It Ends With Them (Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds)

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[itscarolinemary]

Did you see an old interview she did where a reporter said she considered quitting because of how Blake treated her? It's so awkward, she's very passive aggressive to the reporter and all the reporter did was start off congratulating her on her pregnancy. The reporter also then said her bump was cute and Blake replied "so is yours" 😳

[jackchop]

Ryan would be a better actor if he wasn't playing the same character in all but a few of his films.

[moonkitten]

I think her and Ryan Reynolds are soo full of bs honestly

[iphotons]

As a DV survivor, I'm mortified by how Blake Lively is making fun of us. Team Justin, he actually seems to have some compassion for us.

[karenpower]

A couple of things I'd like to note. We don't really know what has gone on in the Blake/Justin situation, but what I know for sure is it's obvious Blake has a history of being mean, disrespectful and overall immature with her answers to questions in interviews. I also know that the movie is about a serious subject, but she 'chose' to market it like a rom-com with her fashion statements, which was just wrong and an insult to anyone who has experienced or is experiencing domestic violence. Why didn't she put more emphasis on the topic and talk about it more? All she talked about were the "florals" and "grabbing your girlfriends to go watch It Ends With Us." To me, these are the real issues. My mother always used to say, "If someone shows you who they are, believe them." I believe this about Blake.

[I_Am_RosaV]

She could've done so much with being a part of this film! It could have solidified her 'talent' on it's own. Instead of just being Reynolds wife and TS bff. I would've been amazing for her and JB to come out together with the same message, very powerful BUT unfortunately she went in the wrong direction and missed an incredible opportunity.

[williamsimpson]

I don't think the "ick" is out of nowhere. It's that Lively and Reynolds are a "golden couple" in Hollywood and are sickeningly sweet. Many people thought this was fake, or hammed up for cameras and interviews. No one believes that a couple are that perfect ALL of the time 24/7. This has come out and it vindicates people that Lively/Reynolds are not perfect, and that they make mistakes.

I also think that Baldoni is being bullied out of the movie and that he is right to take the film seriously. I don't think a DV movie is the place for Lively to promote her new line of hair care products.

[oceanicmartian]

That wedding apology is pure bs. They knew.

[vzxlid]

The thought of having a wedding at a plantation is crazy asf to me, it sounds like one of the most cursed places ever to get wed 😭 I’d be scared asf to go to one lol
Edit: I more so meant that I think it’s crazy that anyone would want to have their wedding at a plantation, I worded that part wrong.

[ginger_nspice]

Everything about this movie is a mess. Hoover infamously romanticizes DV in all her books. It's insulting for them to market this film as one for awareness. It's exploitative.

[Karensmclarenn]

I’ve never liked Ryan for this reason. He is so obnoxious and full of himself and for some reason people thought it was endearing, but this is who he is clearly. Never realized how perfect Blake was for him cuz I never cared for her. Match made in heaven

[toomuchsci-fi]

This is not a case of people getting the ick about an actor. I think more people are being wary of the celebrities and not tolerating someone acting like a mean girl or being disingenuous about a cause. The veneer that BL and RR have is breaking and theyre being held accountable.

Eta: i would much rather there be a discussion about the issues with DV in reference to the movie and the problem is BL and RR didn't seem to view that as the priority and now theyre trying to back track and use excuses for poor decisions and behavior.

Feminism doesn't mean that women should never be critiqued, instead it means that we need to consider the biases that have been pushed on us when we have feedback. This is a case of media literacy and critical thinking. Blake and Ryan missed the god--mn point.

[mysticthemanakete]

I feel like between the two promoters of the movie it has the vibe of ‘go watch this movie to educate yourself and break the cycle’ vs ‘go to the movie cosplaying a Perfect Victim Protagonist™️’ - does that make sense to anyone, how I phrase that?

[jenniferst.george]

She hijacked the movie which Baldoli brought into production and then took the press junket to launch her hair care line. I have to say I am unimpressed with her and I question Ryan's nice guy image

[lesliemartin]

This movie, in it's entirety, sounds more like a movie on lifetime than a Hollywood production with high ranking actors. The characters name, flower shop subplot and the lighter feel that seems to be the case when they did their press all reminds me of those straight to DVD movies about young unlucky in love woman who own small businesses but can't find true love. It all just seems super generic.

[raffaelae]

Wedding at a plantation: so the team that organised the wedding, their own minions that keep them updated never told them about it being a plantation? Sure, sounds realistic. They also probably went to see the place before getting married there. Are they blind?
She wanted to raid the coattails of Deadpool and thought that marketing the movie as a rom com would work? Just wow...
Don't like her either. I was not a fan of Gossip girl and i agree that after that show she basically disappeared. If she was bot married to Ryan we would probably have never heard from her again.

[valkyrie]

Happy everyone is seeing her for who she is, instead of tolerating her because she's Reynolds wife. Thats it. Thats her biggest accomplishment in life

[Vats]

As someone who read the book and didn’t enjoy it, I have to say that it actually doesn’t romanticize abuse. Sure, it does something most stories of DV don’t by making the reader/viewer “fall in love” with the abuser, but that doesn’t mean the abuse is being glorified. That’s the entire point, you’re supposed to like the good characteristics of the abuser to better empathize with the victim and why she struggles to leave. If anything, making the abuser likable actually demonstrates how hard it is for women and why the cycle of abuse is so difficult to break.

Life isn’t black and white, and abusers aren’t black and white either. Abusers can be handsome, charming, funny, successful and wonderful at times WHILE STILL being inexcusably wrong. That’s what makes DV so dangerous and that’s why women return to their abusers 80%+ the first time they try to leave. It’s hard to walk away from the good parts of them that made you fall in love in the first place. As a reader, you find yourself rooting for them at times which is so sick and twisted but again, that’s the point. It shows the complexity of the topic and why we should ALWAYS have nothing but empathy and kindness for victims. It’s so much harder than “just get your things and leave!” and unlike other stories that paint abusers like Disney villains, this is a more accurate portrayal of what it actually feels like to be in that situation. As a victim of emotional abuse myself, I think this is almost required reading for young women (despite it being terribly written and almost reading like a wattpad fanfic). Growing up I never knew to suspect charming and seemingly “good guys” because the only portrayal of abusers I saw were these wild caricatures of evil. That just isn’t the case and abusers come in all shapes and sizes which I believe Hoover does a good job of representing.

[michelefair]

Thank god someone said it! I’ve never liked Ryan Reynolds & never got the hype around him or his “style.” He sucks.

[belovedobserver]

Them and Kristen bell/ Dax Shepard always gave me the ick. Some ppl I just know too much about against my will.